two-party
adjective
two-par·ty
ˈtü-ˈpär-tē 
: characterized by two major political parties of comparable strength
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The two-party system in America right now is Traitors versus Losers.
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Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
By early Monday morning, the results seemed clear enough to indicate that the center-right Christian Democrats would be able to lead Germany with only one coalition partner, returning the country to the more durable two-party form of government that has led it for most of this century.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Unlike in peer democracies, there has been virtually no discernible changes in the U.S. two-party system even after what is now more than two decades of discontent with national policymaking and a collapse of confidence in institutions like Congress and the Supreme Court.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
In our two-party system, when one party drives itself into a ditch, the other swerves into the opposite one.
—George Will, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
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Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
By early Monday morning, the results seemed clear enough to indicate that the center-right Christian Democrats would be able to lead Germany with only one coalition partner, returning the country to the more durable two-party form of government that has led it for most of this century.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Unlike in peer democracies, there has been virtually no discernible changes in the U.S. two-party system even after what is now more than two decades of discontent with national policymaking and a collapse of confidence in institutions like Congress and the Supreme Court.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
In our two-party system, when one party drives itself into a ditch, the other swerves into the opposite one.
—George Will, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for two-party
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“Two-party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-party. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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